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Photo #: 80-G-K-14467 (Color) Destroyer Division Six, Destroyer Squadron Three (DesDiv6, DesRon3) At San Diego, California, in October 1941. Ships are (from inboard): USS Clark (DD-361), Squadron flagship; USS Case (DD-370), Division flagship; USS Cummings (DD-365); USS Shaw (DD-373); USS Tucker (DD-374). Note that these destroyers are painted in at least two different camouflage schemes. There is a tuna boat passing in the background. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 520 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-33045 Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 View taken around 0926 hrs. in the morning of 7 December, from an automobile on the road in the Aiea area, looking about WSW with destroyer moorings closest to the camera. In the center of the photograph are: USS Dobbin (AD-3), with destroyers Hull (DD-350), Dewey (DD-349), Worden (DD-352) and MacDonough (DD-351) alongside. The ship just to the left of that group is USS Phelps (DD-360), with got underway on two boilers around 0926 hrs. The group further to the right consists of: USS Whitney (AD-4), with destroyers Conyngham (DD-371), Reid (DD-369), Tucker (DD-374), Case (DD-370) and Selfridge (DD-357) alongside. USS Solace (AH-5) is barely visible at the far left. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: NH 83109 Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941 Chart showing the positions of ships inside Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese Attack, at about 0800 on 7 December. The orientation of the compass direction arrow in the chart's center is turned approximately 45 degrees too far in a counterclockwise direction. Some of the ships moored in "nests" in the northern part of the harbor are listed in incorrect order. Collection of Vice Admiral Homer N. Wallin, USN(Retired), 1975. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 131KB; 915 x 1075 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99208 USS Tucker (DD-374) Plan view, forward, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, on 11 March 1942. Note the railway crane in the lower right, Tucker's forward 5"/38 gun mounts, and USS Humphreys (DD-236) in the background. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 115KB; 740 x 625 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 77030 USS Tucker (DD-374) "Jackknifed" amidships and under tow by USS YP-346 in the Bruat Channel, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, at about 2330 Hrs. GCT, 3 August 1942. Tucker had struck a mine in the area at about 2145 Hrs. GCT on that day, breaking her keel. She sank on 4 August. Photographed from a plane based on USS Curtiss (AV-4). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 48KB; 740 x 625 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 77031 USS Tucker (DD-374) "Jackknifed" amidships and under tow toward the northwest corner of Malo Island at about 0315 Hrs. GCT on 4 August 1942. She is being towed by a motor launch from the Naval Air Station, Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, in a final attempt to beach her before she sank. USS Breese (DM-18) is standing by, in the foreground. Tucker had struck a mine in the area at about 2145 Hrs. GCT on 3 August 1942, breaking her keel. She sank on 4 August. Photographed from a plane based on USS Curtiss (AV-4). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 630 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 89399 USS Tucker (DD-374) Sunk near Malo Island, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, on 5 August 1942. She struck a mine after entering an unannounced defensive minefield during the evening of 3 August and sank early the following morning. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99240 USS Tucker (DD-374) Ship's christening bottle, with its container and case, being presented to her Sponsor, Mrs. Leonard P. Thorner, by Master Shipsmith C.N. Grubbs, during launching ceremonies at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 26 February 1936. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 90KB; 565 x 765 pixels |
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Page made 23 March 2004
New image added 6 April 2004